The Magic of Vinegar Used For Your Pets

While a decent
amount of people know that vinegar is a great option for various uses
when it comes to keeping the environment safe, did any of you know
that vinegar is also a great option when it comes to your pets? Yes,
you heard me right. Don’t worry if you didn’t already know about the
use of vinegar with your pets. I, myself, did not know that vinegar
could be used with our pets either. As a matter of fact vinegar has a
good many uses when it comes to our pets!

Check out the
following ideas for using vinegar with your pets in mind:

Shine Enhancer

Mix
one cup of white vinegar to one quart of water and rub or spray it on
the coat of your dog.

Skin Soother

Mix 1/2 cup raw apple cider
vinegar to 1 1/2 cups water and use as a rinse after your dog’s
bath to help soothe skin affected by chronic skin infections or
irritations.

Ear Helper

Vinegar hampers unfriendly bacteria
and other microorganisms that are a common cause of ear infections in
dogs and cats–keep infections at bay by wiping ears out weekly with
a cotton ball saturated with equal parts water and apple cider
vinegar.

Skunk Spray Fixer

Tomato juice is the odor
remover of choice for pets sprayed by skunks, but vinegar works as
well to neutralize the stink. Soak the coat with a mixture of half
water and half vinegar, then rinse with plain water. Repeat if
necessary.

Cat Deterrent

You’ll need to do a patch test
before spraying vinegar on fabric, but the smell of vinegar is a
great deterrent for cats. Spray white vinegar anywhere you don’t
want your cat to scratch, sleep, or sit.

These
ideas are by Melissa Breyer. Please check out her article
for further information.

Do you have an outdoor pet? If so then another great use for vinegar
is to spray a mixture made up of water and vinegar on your outdoor
pets. This will help keep flies away from them. Also, if you have a
problem with cats, whether they are yours or not, eating your plants
outside then simply spray your plants with the water and vinegar
mixture. Be sure to just spray the leaves of your plants.

jennl | My Bio & Articles

Jennifer is a freelance writer, and has written for various health and environmental blogs, which includes running her own green living blog. Currently she is studying to become a C++ Programmer.